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Mike Drago

Mike Drago has written about sports at every level for parts of six decades, most notably at the Reading Eagle for the past 38 years. Mike has written a virtual history of Berks high school football and in 2013 was inducted into the Berks County Football Coaches Hall of Fame.

Defending champ Saints loom as top seed in BCIAA girls basketball tournament

Feb 2, 2022

Schuylkill Valley and Brandywine Heights have clinched division titles in the Berks Girls League; Berks Catholic and Twin Valley will join them with wins Friday night. They'll be among the eight quarterfinalists when the BCIAA…

Hoop Notes: Boost for Hawks, century mark, scoring milestones and more

Feb 2, 2022

Hamburg has gotten a late-season boost from the return of junior guard Kevin McFarland. Kevin McFarland He tore two tendons in his shooting hand during the preseason, had surgery Nov. 15 and a follow-up procedure Dec. 27, and…

Berks college commitment lists (all sports)

Feb 2, 2022

From left, Exeter head coach Matt Bauer, J.R. Strauss, Ty Yocum and assistant coach Alex Dundore. (Randy Yocum photo) Berks Catholic Dylan Gault LacrosseMarywood UniversityGiGi Ditsky LacrosseEastern MichiganJulia BresslerField…

Trey Freeman never imagined he’d get such a kick out of football (updated)

Feb 1, 2022

Trey Freeman is a young man of many talents. He can give your car a tune-up, head a soccer ball into the net, ace a calculus exam, run the lead leg on a district-qualifying 4x100 meter relay team. . . you name it he can probably do…

NCAA signing day will be a busy one in Berks (updated)

Feb 1, 2022

Gov. Mifflin's Nick Singleton signed his NCAA Letter of Intent in December and is already at Penn State taking classes and training for the Nittany Lions' 2022 football season. Several other top Berks football players signed during…

Tuesday’s Berks boys baskeball scoreboard (complete)

Feb 1, 2022

Antietam60Hamburg30 Josh McKoy 21 points, Hector Tiburcio 11 for the Mounts (7-2 Berks IV, 15-3); Nick Hicks 13 points for the Hawks (2-6 Berks III, 5-13) Monday's games Reading High87Berks Catholic70Ruben Rodriguez 35 points,…

Tigers closing in on a little history after getting past Spartans

Feb 1, 2022

The Fleetwood Tigers won their first seven games this season. They've been on top in Berks III from the jump. They haven't won a division title in who-knows-how-long and understood this was the season to get it done. A loss at…

Red Knights pull away from Saints, clinch Berks I title

Jan 31, 2022

No one in the Berks Conference has been able to give defending PIAA champ Reading High much of a game this season. Berks Catholic did Monday night, at least for a while. The Saints had the lead early in the third quarter and stayed…

Fleetwood holds off Wyomissing, hangs onto to top spot in Berks III

Jan 31, 2022

(This story will be updated later tonight with details and postgame reaction.) Jake Karnish scored 17 points and knocked down some key free throws in the fourth quarter as Fleetwood held off Wyomissing 53-44 Monday in a battle for…

Lennon, Loeb, Heck-Hoppes top Berks girls basketball honor roll

Jan 31, 2022

MikeDragoSports.com presents a weekly honor roll of the top Berks girls basketball players each week. Coaches are encouraged to nominate their top player for consideration. One player will be selected Player of the Week. Raegan…

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